Presentation 2009-07-19
On the Psycholinguistic Assessment of Relative Language Strength in Bilinguals : Evidence from Korean Heritage Speakers
Amy J. SCHAFER, William O'GRADY, On-Soon LEE, Jawee PERLA, Julia WIETING, Katherine PERDUE,
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Abstract(in English) Language loss is a pressing concern for many of the world's languages. A major obstacle to the early diagnosis of language loss and to the assessment of language maintenance efforts is the absence of an easy-to-use psycholinguistic measure of language strength. We have developed a series of simple psycholinguistic tasks that exploit the fact that the relative strength of two languages is reflected in the speed with which their words and structure-building routines are accessed in the course of speech. Test results can therefore be used to assess language attrition and revitalization in bilingual communities of many different types.
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Keyword(in English) Bilingualism / Heritage Language / Korean / Language Attrition / Picture Naming / Psycholinguistics
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Conference Date 2009/7/11(1days)
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Title (in English) On the Psycholinguistic Assessment of Relative Language Strength in Bilinguals : Evidence from Korean Heritage Speakers
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Keyword(1) Bilingualism
Keyword(2) Heritage Language
Keyword(3) Korean
Keyword(4) Language Attrition
Keyword(5) Picture Naming
Keyword(6) Psycholinguistics
1st Author's Name Amy J. SCHAFER
1st Author's Affiliation Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii()
2nd Author's Name William O'GRADY
2nd Author's Affiliation Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii
3rd Author's Name On-Soon LEE
3rd Author's Affiliation Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii
4th Author's Name Jawee PERLA
4th Author's Affiliation Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii
5th Author's Name Julia WIETING
5th Author's Affiliation Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii
6th Author's Name Katherine PERDUE
6th Author's Affiliation Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii
Date 2009-07-19
Paper # TL2009-22
Volume (vol) vol.109
Number (no) 140
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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